EVESHAM TWP. — Police arrested a suspected shoplifter as the man fled from the Walmart store on Route 70 at about 11 a.m. May 17.

The man allegedly had $417 worth of electronics merchandise when he was caught, police said. Officers also found his wife waiting in his vehicle, said police. She was arrested on an outstanding $2,500 warrant from Delran Township, police said.

Police impounded the vehicle and, on May 22, obtained a search warrant for it. Inside, police said, they found seven small plastic bags of heroin.

Alexander Perez, 22, of Mount Holly, was charged with shoplifting, possession of heroin and disorderly persons offense for possession of a hypodermic needle, said police. He was committed to the Burlington County Jail in default of $7,500 bail, police said.